*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management*
*APRIL 9, 2021*
*Title:* Early Vote Counts Show Amazon Warehouse Workers Not Likely to Unionize in Bessemer, Alabama
*Source:* NBC News
*Author:* April 8, 2021
*Date:* Olivia Solon and Ezra Kaplan
*Summary:* Amazon warehouse workers here were voting overwhelmingly against forming a union Thursday after a monthslong campaign in which labor had hoped to make inroads into the sprawling company.
*Link:* https://nbcnews.to/3wEvEYp
*Title:* N.J. Unemployment Claims Rise Again as State Processes Those Who Hit Year Benefit Mark
*Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
*Author:* Sophie Nieto-Munoz
*Date:* April 8, 2021
*Summary:* New unemployment claims are on the rise in New Jersey, one year after the Department of Labor saw a 2,700% increase in claims at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
*Link:* https://bit.ly/3g2uZKF
*Title:* Weekly Jobless Claims Higher Than Expected
*Source:* CNBC
*Author:* Jeff Cox
*Date:* April 8, 2021
*Summary:* First-time claims for unemployment insurance rose more than expected last week despite other signs of healing in the jobs market, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
*Link:* https://cnb.cx/39WZ22a
*Title:* Oregon Tech Faculty Union Declares Intent to Strike
*Source:* Oregon Public Broadcasting
*Author:* Meerah Powell
*Date:* April 8, 2021
*Summary:* The Oregon Institute of Technology’s faculty union Thursday declared its intent to strike. A potential strike would start no earlier than April 26. Oregon Tech–American Association of University Professors (OT-AAUP) and OIT have been bargaining for 16 months. They have been in mediation for almost six months, the union said in a news release Thursday.
*Link:* https://bit.ly/3d3Chfe
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